Today, the Obama Administration, its P5+1 partners, and the government of Iran announced the
achievement of an historic agreement over Iran’s nuclear program.

This is a good deal. It is grounded not on trust and goodwill but on far-reaching limitations on Iranian activities
and intrusive verification mechanisms. Implementation of this agreement –key elements of which will continue in
force for decades – will make Israel, the region and the world more secure. When implemented, this agreement will:

Roll back Iran’s nuclear program;

Limit Iran’s nuclear activities going forward;

Prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and

Ensure that any effort by Iran to try to “sneak out” towards developing a nuclear weapon will be far more
likely to be detected, and the U.S. and international community will be in a far stronger position to respond.

Recently we asked you to call your
Representative and urge them to sign a pro-diplomacy letter being circulated
by Representatives Schakowsky (D-IL), Doggett (D-TX), and Price (D-NC) among Democrats in the House. Thousands of
you responded – and your representatives took notice!

In the end, 151 House Democrats signed this letter to President Obama asking him to stay on course, build on the
recently announced political framework and continue to work toward a strong and verifiable agreement between the
P5+1 countries and Iran that will prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.

This would be a huge success for any pro-peace, pro-diplomacy letter. It is an even more significant success today,
given the degree to which the debate in Congress has been dominated by voices opposing diplomacy and seeking to
undermine or block an agreement. While in no way committing its signers to any specific position with respect to a
final deal, nonetheless this letter signals that there may well be sufficient support for a deal in Congress to
sustain a presidential veto of diplomacy-killing legislation.

A full list of the letter’s signers (and non-signers) is below (only Democrats; Republicans were not asked to
sign). You can check it to see if your representative is on either list.

Please act now. Opponents of diplomacy and an achievable Iran nuclear agreement are not giving up. They have for
more than two years been working to kill talks and undermine an agreement; their efforts will only intensify as the
June 30 deadline for talks approaches. Members of Congress need to know that their constituents, Americans who care
both about U.S. interests and Israel, support diplomacy and an agreement - and want them to do the same.

Sincerely,

Lara Friedman
Director of Policy and Government Relations
Americans for Peace Now

P.S. Few would have predicted that the Schakowsky-Doggett-Price letter would attract so many signers. The fact that
it did so is in large part a testament to the energetic grassroots activism mobilized in support of the letter.
Indeed, the success of the Schakowsky-Doggett-Price letter demonstrates how important it is that members of
Congress hear from you – now and in the future. Never doubt for a minute that your opinion matters to your elected
officials, whether with respect to Iran, or Israel-Palestine, or any other issue.

This week, a key Senate committee passed S. 615 – with bipartisan support and the approval of the White House –
giving Congress enhanced oversight over any nuclear deal with Iran. That bill is expected to pass quickly into law.

On April 2, the Obama Administration and its P5+1 partners announced an historic framework agreement with Iran,
aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Since then, opponents of Iran diplomacy and a deal – both in the United States and Israel – have doubled down
on efforts to use Congress to scuttle diplomacy and undermine the possibility of getting to, and implementing, a
final agreement with Iran.

Senators are being pressured to support S. 615 – and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to pass this bill on April
14. In its current form, the bill includes a number of poison pill provisions that will undermine
diplomacy and likely kill a deal. These include provisions to delay implementation of a deal,
legislate a congressional veto of a deal, strip the president of existing waiver authorities, and impose
conditions for U.S. adherence to a deal that are unrelated to Iran’s nuclear program.

Senators are also being urged to support S. 269, which seeks to legislate new Iran sanctions that would be triggered if no deal
with Iran is reached.

Both bills are entirely unnecessary. Passage of either bill risks undermining the ongoing diplomacy with
the P5+1 and killing a deal – leaving the U.S. isolated and bringing the U.S. closer to the point where it will be
forced to choose between a nuclear-armed Iran and another Middle East war.

Today, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress. His goal? To scuttle the
ongoing diplomacy that seeks to achieve a diplomatic agreement and verifiably curb Iran's nuclear program. After
his speech, AIPAC conference-goers are flooding the Hill, meeting with Members of Congress and staff, with the goal
of amplifying Netanyahu’s arguments.

In recent weeks, attention has focused on the outrage surrounding Netanyahu’s March 3rd speech to Congress, and
House Speaker Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu. After Netanyahu's speech, focus must revert to the real issues:
Iran negotiations, deal or no deal, war or peace. Prime Minister Netanyahu has made clear that any viable,
reasonable deal – a deal that both Iran could accept and one that meets the red lines of the P5+1 negotiators –
would never reach his standard. With the deadline for a framework agreement with Iran approaching (March 23rd) and
with AIPAC getting into gear, pressure is mounting on members of Congress to proceed with new legislation –
sanctions and other initiatives – that could kill a deal before it is reached or render any deal dead on arrival.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ohio Republican John Boehner, has issued an invitation for Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on March 3. According to his own account, Boehner did so
in coordination with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu has drawn criticism, bafflement, and outrage from across the political spectrum –
in the U.S., in Israel and around the world. This invitation was made without coordinating with the White House, in
violation of protocol – but it violated much more than that.

The fight to keep Iran-focused diplomacy alive isn’t over. Last year, with your help, efforts by some Senators –
backed by groups like AIPAC – to pass new, diplomacy-killing Iran sanctions in the Senate (S. 1881) were stopped in
their tracks. Now, the same group is at it again, with new Iran sanctions legislation expected to be introduced in
the Senate next week.

National Security Advisor Susan Rice has predicted that new Iran sanctions would “blow up” negotiations. President
Obama has promised to veto the legislation if it makes it to his desk. But this isn’t stopping Senate Iran hawks
and their supporters. They appear more determined than ever to move ahead with new sanctions and are working to
muster a veto-proof majority.